Drinking Water Filtration News

1. Birmingham Water Works Receives Award For Commitment To Safe Water At Putnam Filter Plant 11/5/2020

   Demonstrating the utility’s continued commitment to water quality, the Birmingham Water Works Putnam Filter Plant has earned the 15-Year Directors Award for Water Treatment Plant Optimization from the Partnership for Safe Water, a program developed by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, American Water Works Association (AWWA) and associated organizations to guide water utilities towards improving water quality by optimizing system operations.

2. Control Over Water Friction With 2D Materials Towards 'Smart Membranes' 5/21/2021

   Speed of water flow is a limiting factor in many membrane-based industrial processes, including desalination, molecular separation and osmotic power generation.

3. Aurora, Illinois Water Production Team Earns National Award For Water Quality 3/11/2015

   The Partnership for Safe Water and the City of Aurora, Illinois, is proud to recognize the achievements of the Aurora Water Production Division in providing some of the nation’s safest, cleanest drinking water to the City’s residents.

4. AMTA And AWWA Announce Awardees At This Year's Membrane Technology Conference 3/4/2015

   The American Membrane Technology Association and the American Water Works Association recently announced four awardees at this year’s Membrane Technology Conference. Awardees were recognized at an awards luncheon during the conference in Orlando, Fla.

5. The Official SEPAREL® Website For Degassing Modules Is Live 8/22/2016

   Sun Chemical Advanced Materials is pleased to announce that the Official SEPAREL® Website is now live. This new, immersive website details how SEPAREL assists the degasification and aeration of water by utilizing a proprietary non-porous membrane from the DIC Corporation.

6. Combating California's Drought With Energy Efficient Technologies 12/8/2014

   As the United States forecast a surge in energy demand and consumption over the winter period, Biwater and NeoTech Aqua team up to highlight their energy-saving work in California, centred on a new and innovative water reuse demonstration project with the Padre Dam Municipal Water District.

7. AMTA Seeks New Executive Director 3/6/2019

   American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) is seeking an Executive Director (ED) to lead the organization starting in October 2019. The current ED, Harold Fravel, has served in this capacity for seven years and is retiring at the end of 2019.

8. A Spotlight On Water For World Water Day: New Water Supply Project In Texas Taking Shape 3/22/2015

   Biwater has been selected as the premier membrane solutions provider for a new brackish desalination program in Southern Bexar County, San Antonio, Texas.

9. Researchers Develop New Graphene Nanochannel Water Filters 1/21/2021

   When sheets of two-dimensional nanomaterials like graphene are stacked on top of each other, tiny gaps form between the sheets that have a wide variety of potential uses.

10. New DOW FILMTEC SEAMAXX Reverse Osmosis Elements Provide High Efficiency, Low Energy Seawater Desalination 6/24/2014

    Dow Water & Process Solutions (DW&PS), a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, is helping power plants, municipalities and manufacturers put the ocean to work.